Jade and Lurkers...
Here is why I read the employment ads at corporate websites. You can get clues about where management is confident it is going in the absence of any news reports or announcements. This is one of many tools you can use to research a stock in a vacuum of information.
Yesterday, MatriDigms Website was shut down. It came up in the evening. the only change was in the employment section. THere were new jobs listed. Read for youself:
>>CURRENT JOB LISTING
MatriDigm is actively seeking motivated, intelligent individuals to fill a large selection of different
positions. Some of these current opportunities are listed below:
Business and Marketing/Call Center Manager
Develop and manage the company's inside sales and technical support center. Define roles and
responsibilities required to effectively support MatriDigm's Year 2000 conversion business.
Requirements: Min. 5 years exp. in marketing call center management. Master degree preferred.
Must understand the marketing and technical support requirements for large IS organizations.
Engagement Manager (Systems Engineer/Account Rep.)
Manage all aspects of customer engagements for Year 2000 conversions.
Requirements: 10 years experience in application development, systems management, technical
support, technical sales, and project management in IBM mainframe environments. MS, MBA,
or equivalent experience. Customer exp. at both the executive and technical level. Travel
regularly.
Marketing Communications Manager
Develop and manage the company's marketing communications resources, establish and maintain
a strong company image in the marketplace, provide world class marketing programs to support
sales, and implement an internal communications program.
Requirements: Min. 5 yrs experience in marketing communications management. MBA
preferred with undergraduate degree or experience in journalism, communications and
information systems.
Training Manager
Develop and manage the company's training organization. Define roles and responsibilities
required to effectively support MatriDigm's Year 2000 conversion business. Identify,
recommend and implement training programs for customers, partners, re-sellers, and international
personnel.Requirements: 10+ years experience in development and implementation of training programs.
Master degree preferred. Must understand the marketing and technical support requirements for
large IS organizations.
Technical COBOL Programmer
Participate in the development and testing MatriDigm's program maintenance tools.
Requirements: 10+ COBOL experience. Knowledge of some of the following: COBOL 74,
COBOL 85, IBM COBOL/370, VS COBOLII, OS/VS COBOL, Honeywell Bull COBOL or
Unisys COBOL. Knowledge of CICS, IMS and MVS are pluses.<<
My comment: Note the"trainer" position. You would only want a trainer if you have a commercial system available that you want as many people knwoeldgable in as possible. In other words, a entire staff of people is going to be trained in the M-D product. Otherwise, the ad would be for just an "oeprator".
Note also the many years of experience required. WHy would you look for people whoa re likely to have very large salary requirements? This shows great confidence that M-D has in future revenue stream. THey expect to be able to pay these people good money.
I welcome sincere critiques or supportive statements. I am sure there are intellgient, sincere lurkers out there (both short and long) who want to speak, but are afraid of the Salls, Stans and Costellos "know nothings."
There is nothing to fear. Look at how they have fallen to peices.
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